Men In Pacific Raid Praised By Admiral
Aboard a carrier flag ship in the central Pacific Admiral Raymond Spruance praised the raid on Palau Woleai and Yap. He commended the pilots and crews for heavy damage to enemy aircraft ships and shore installations while noting Japanese bases remained in hiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Elmont Waite
Central Pacific
Ymond A. Spruance
Palua
Woleai
Yap
Caroline Islands
Palau
Palau Islands
Tokyo
Japan
Alfred FE. Saeueennaeen
Seem To
War Today Reflections on Allied Roles and Eastern Fronts
DeWitt MacKenzie warns of manpower shifts in Allied forces and highlights key battles in the Crimea and Balkans. He notes Australian involvement, the strategic importance of Sevastopol and the Danube delta, and the looming threat around the Galati gap as the Red Army presses the Crimea and Sevastopol fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jalia
Australia
Guinea
el Alamein
Malay Peninsula
Greece
Austral
Somme
Crimean Peninsula
Black Sea
Hitler
Ukraine
Mannstein
Fuehrer
Dnieper
Crimea
Red Army
Peninth
Romania
Red Fleet
Sevastopol
Odessa
Balkans
Galati Gap
Thian Range
Danube
Ploesti
Itler
Galati l
Polish Chief in Italy Reviews Troops There
Gen Sosnkowski, Polish commander in chief, toured the second Polish corps in Italy praising high fighting spirit and readiness to play a role in the current phase of the war. He noted Italy is difficult for all allies and spoke on varying cooperation between Polish underground forces and Soviet advance units along the Russian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinebling
Naples
Kazimierz Sosnkowski
Italy
Sosnkowski
Sosnko
Eut
London
Eisenhower Visits Ninth Air Force Base in England
General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits a U S Marauder bomber base in England where he watches Marauders take off for their third attack in 30 hours against targets in occupied Europe.
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Eisenhower
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ninth Air Force
Europe
Commandos Wiped Out Off Rhodes Coast
German high command claimed a British commando force landing on the west coast of Rhodes near Turkey was wiped out. No Allied confirmation available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
High Command
Rhodes
Turkey
Berlin
Associated Press
Workers Refuse Overtime Over Coffee Ban at Bethlehem
Several thousand Bethlehem Steel workers in Hoboken protest an on the job coffee ban after shifts end. Local 15 CIO argues coffee habits did not affect work while the company cites overtime losses from sandwich orders. Navy and War Board move to settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
N. J
Bethlehem Steel Company
Thomas J. Flaherty
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers, Cio
Max L. Brown
Flaherty
Navy and War Board
French to Review de Gaulle Giraud Row Tonight
In Algiers April 11 officials report French consultative assembly members debate Gen. Charles de Gaulle ousting Gen. Henri Giraud. The French Committee of National Liberation may review last week’s decision naming Giraud inspector general of the army. Giraud refuses to recognize the action and the dispute is described as serious with the committee to reconvene this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
French Consultative Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
French Committee of National Liberation
Giraud
de Gaulle-Giraud
1000 U S Bombers Hit German Plane Factories
Washington report details selective service deferments for under 26 key workers including medical and engineering students while UK and US air forces strike German factories. Oscherleben Bernburg targets amid fourth day of heavy bombing with 60 bombers lost in the GIs’ campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
London
Oschersleben
Bernburg
Germany
RAF
Reich
Leben
Eighth Air Force
U. S
Sweden
United States
Stockholm
Goering Boys
Paul T. Burton
New York City
Primaries Test MacArthur Stassen Voter Appeal
General Douglas MacArthur and Lieut. Commander Harold Stassen see their voter appeal tested in Illinois and Nebraska. Delegates in the presidential preferential primaries remain unbound, but organizers aim to prove broad public support for their candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Bridge
Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Illinois
Nebraska
Harold FE. Stassen
MacArthur
Stassen
Jacobs Quits Post With South Carolina Cotton Group
Dr. William P. Jacobs has tendered his resignation as executive vice president of the Cotton Manufacturers Association of South Carolina, a move announced from Greenville on April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs
Greenville
S. C
William P. Jacobs
Cotton Manufacturers Association of
South Carolina
Poison Gas Allegations Reported at Odessa Occupation
Moscow radio broadcast claims Germans and Romanians used poison gas against partisans during the Odessa occupation, reported on April 11.4. The dispatch notes the allegation as received via radio channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Odessa
Moscow Radio
Ieeey
Japs retreat as Allies hold vast part of New Britain
Allied headquarters reports American forces control most of New Britain with Japanese bases at Gasmata and Cape Hoskins abandoned. MacArthur says Japan’s retreat to Rabaul continues, with about 10 000 killed or missing and 232 prisoners taken since December landings at Arawe and Cape Gloucester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Gasmata
Cape Hoskins
Rabaul
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
MacArthur
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Joe Louis plans to fight Conn again after the war
London April 11 Sgt Joe Louis in Britain for morale exhibitions says he plans to fight Billy Conn after the war. He notes no retirement age and that titles should be frozen for the period, ruling out a match with British champ Freddie Mills for now. Louis plans to meet Mills socially to size him up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joe Louis
Great Britain
Billy Conn
Conn
Billy
Louis
Freddie Mills
Mills
Joe
Betie
Row Over 4-Fs Developing In Committee
Washington April 11 14 A conflict develops in the House Military Committee over revising selective service to draft 4-Fs not in war. Rep May Ky. Rep Costello Calif clash as Costello proposes placing 4-Fs in labor camps with supervised work and wartime wages, while May says no labor draft now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Chawman May
R-Ky
Draft Administration
Manpower Commission
Costello
D-Calif
Selective Service and Manpower Commission
Four Soldiers Wounded in Army Prison Protest
Four soldiers were wounded, one seriously, when guards used shotguns to break up a prisoner demonstration at the rehabilitation center at Fort Jackson South Carolina last weekend. The center aims to rehabilitate military prisoners for return to army units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Jackson
S. C
Post
Japanese Press New Attempt to Seize Kohima
The Southeast Asia command said the Japanese pressed the Kohima area in northeast India with a second attack aimed at bypassing the town. Fighting extended toward Imphal with patrol skirmishes causing Japanese casualties as Indian and Allied forces fought along the Imphal Dimapur road and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Grumich
New Delhi
Kohima
India
Southeast Asia Command
Imphal
E. Ee
Assam
Dimapur
Ima
Mawlu
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chindwin River
Pale
Trols
Tiddim Road
Actten
Burma
Mogaung
Shaduzup
Arakan
Bulletin
Knox backs British push against Japanese in India
Navy Secretary Knox expressed confidence that British forces in India can halt the Japanese drive near Imphal. He downplayed the operation, saying it involved a small number of men and should be beaten, as American air power expands its control in the Pacific and maps show the ring around Tokyo since Guadalcanal. Finland may decide on the Russian armistice terms by midweek as leaders return from Easter holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Washington
Navy
India
Imphal
Pacific
Tokyo
U. S
Guadalcanal
Surrenders Lawrence W Zonker in Los Angeles under WPB charge
Lawrence W. Zonker, shown above, surrendered at the U S Marshall's office in Los Angeles on a 10 count federal information. He is charged with violating War Production Board rules by installing equipment in automobiles, some owned by prominent movie figures, to allow use of unrationed butane gas as fuel. The WPB permission violation is alleged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence W. Zonker
U. S. Marshall
Los Angeles
War Production Board
WPB
Italians Halt Nazi Thrusts At Cassino
Italian troops hold Mt Marrone northeast of Cassino repulsing small German thrusts at two points, killing seven and taking one prisoner. American ambush on Anzio beachhead traps six man German patrol, three killed and two wounded. Britons drive off German forces near the beachhead as German reinforcements reportedly suffer frostbite. Navy notes U S destroyer bombarded positions around the beachhead and a minesweeper shot down a Junkers 88. Allied air forces fly 900 sorties hitting rail bridges and ports from Orvieto to Piombino.
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Naples
Mt. Marrone
Cassino
Anzio
Littoria
Cembatie
Fifth Army
Italy
U. S
Orvieto
Attigliano
Poggibonsi
Fano
Popoli
Falconara
Piombino
Santo Stefano
Dalmatian
New UK Hospitals Rise With U.S. Aid For Invasion Casualties
Across Britain new buildings equipped with hospital gear shipped from the United States rise to treat casualties of the western Europe invasion. Staff includes doctors and nurses from the United States and Canada, plus English WAAFS and ATS trained as nursing orderlies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Britain
Europe
Canada
WAAFS
ATS
Convalescent Priest Earns Fame With 34th Division
In Charleston April 11 1945 convalescent soldiers at Stark General Hospital call Father Albert J Hoffman the Father Duffy of this war He lost a leg in Italy while tending wounded under fire and once crawled under fire with medics to rescue a wounded man The men praise his courage humor and dedication as they await transfer to a nearer Army hospital
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Charleston
34Th Division
Stark General Hospital
Father Duffy
Albert J. Hoffman
Dubuque
Iowa
Italy
Father Holtfman
Ryling
Geo L. Macavoy
Washington
Father Hoffman
James P. Fouche
Atlanta
Texas
Fouche
Nazi Odessa escape route threatened by Russian attacks
Soviet forces press advance from two directions toward South Russia as Gen Mali sky's third army reaches six miles from Ovidiopol bottleneck. Stalin claims capture of Dzhankol railway junction near Crimea, signaling deep Axis pressure in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Cassidy
Moscow
Pusia
Russia
Rodion Y. Malisky
Ovidiopol
Odessa
London
Stalin
Dzhankol
Crimea
Russians claim wide Crimea advance and near Ploesti airfield
Soviet dispatches report Tolbukhin forces breaking into Crimea from Melitopol and pushing toward Sivash amid heavy fighting along a broad front from the isthmus to the northeast. Konev’s army advances across Romanian rivers near Suceava while Zhukov’s forces pace toward the Czech border, with German casualties heavy from Crimea to the Carpathians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sietul
Suceava
Rosmania
Ivan S&s Konev
Ploesti
Gregory K. Zhuckov
Tolbukhin
Wash Bay
Crimea
Tolbughin
Melitopol
Istanbul
Romania
Constanta
Czech
Skala
Dnester
Walter Winchell Sues Hoffman for Libel in Federal Court
Walter Winchell files a $250000 libel suit in federal court against Rep. Clare E. Hoffman claiming Hoffman subjected him to public scorn and disgrace in a March 16 Marcellus News article. The action was entered yesterday in New York.
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Winchell
New York
Walter Winchell
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
Hoffman
the Marcellus (Mich
iNews
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New Zealand
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U.S
Hershey
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Finland
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Field Dispat
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Delaytn
Stanislawow
Carpathi
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